Finally. I look forward to see what they have in mind for Humble Store. However if they change their per centage policy, they will significantly undercut their attractiveness for a developer (95% -> 75%).

Sounds reasonable.

Personally, I'm not very excited. I guess it does offer a few things that GOG.com doesn't (Linux, Steam keys, Alphas), but I just prefer the service GOG.com offers over Humble Bundle, so whenever there is a game that they both offer, I choose GOG.com most of the times.

So I hope the Humble Store will venture into uncharted territories a bit, and get more great DRM-free games that aren't on GOG.com.
Otherwise I don't see myself buying very much from there (also, I don't want to donate to American Red Cross, why do they want to force me?)

Humble Store.
- Games without DRM
- Linux versions of the games
- Charity

OK.... GOG must improve or HB will my new favorite.

I don't see this as earth shattering, at least not yet. I took a look over the list, and have simply shrugged.

:D

If Watching Paint Dry Simulator 4 has multiplayer, we should totally play it co-op.

All that can really mean at this point is that you're not interested in the games on sale.

Prison Architect for instance is a great game for that price, not available on GOG, and DRM-free. Orcs Must Die 2 is great as well, though that's Steam only.

You're probably right, but I don't see it as a threat; yet.

Not every game there is DRM-free, therefore it can't be considered "serious competition". GamersGate and Amazon also sell DRM-free games, but that doesn't mean it applies to every game on their catalogue.

Not guaranteed though. Some of the games are Steam-only.

I guess The Swapper for 5 bucks is a good deal though? Anyone played it?

They seem to be looking to expand too as they're now looking to hire UI Designer, Software Engineer, Frontend Engineer and Business Developer.

Just finished it. I'm your personal review servant.

I liked where they went with the narrative, perhaps it could have been a little more fleshed out. It did get a bit confusing though. Certainly the kind of story that makes you think.

The puzzles varied wildly from incredibly simple to hair-pulling-out hard - even within the same area of the game. Some were very clever, even though some seemed a little fiddly (specific timing/specific positioning). One thing that I did not like about the puzzles was the way they were laid out in the game world. For the most part, the game is divided into hub areas where you're presented with multiple puzzles, then you move onto the next hub area; a lot of the game felt rigid and repetitive. There also didn't seem to be any narrative reason for why the puzzles exist in the game - for a narrative-heavy game that seemed a little weird.

The aesthetics deserve a mention, particularly the visuals. I did not like the visuals, but I appreciated that they attempted something different - one complaint that I have is that things were very blurry and dark. I liked the atmospheric audio though.

Overall, some good puzzles, some frustrating ones, nothing that I would consider to be unfair. The narrative is interesting and thought-provoking. Unique visual style, even though I personally didn't like it all that much. I would definitely say that $5 is a very reasonable price if you're into puzzle games and sci-fi. For the record, I enjoyed it quite a bit more than Journey of a Roach :P

Likely to have DRM-free if it exists though so if anything it simply expands their available catalogue.

The fact that they are not completely drm free means I am disappointed (although not surprised). At least you can easily tell which games are drm free. I suspect that people who use steam will be very happy with this.

Also, they really need to work on how they present "My Library". It's terrible.

they are finally showing their true colour

A nice idea, but it needs a lot of work before it is a real competitor with anyone else on the store front, even indie game stand.